Houston to build 25000-seat Democratic convention auditorium
An immense made to order stadium style hall in Houston will host the Democratic national convention next June. It will have a fireproof insulated roof ventilation to admit Gulf breezes with doors left open on all sides. The 25000 capacity venue includes a branch post office four dining rooms and press accommodations. Jesse H. Jones official notes design emphasizes radio broadcasting and motion picture facilities.
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New York
Houston
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Jesse H. Jones
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Hands-off Policy Endorsed By American Federation of Labor
The American Federation of Labor advocates a rigid hands-off policy in Latin America as essential for cordial relations. The group sent a message to Charles Evans Hughes, head of the U S delegation at the Pan American congress in Havana, noting regret over labor not having a designated representative on the delegation.
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Miami
Pla
United States
Latin America
American Federation of Labor
Charles Evans Hughes
Pan-American Congress
Havana
Organized Labor
Congress
Mabelle Evans Kent Granted Interim Divorce Decree
Mabelle Evans Kent received an interlocutory decree of divorce from Sidney R. Kent, Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. general manager, after desertion. The out of court property settlement awards Mrs. Kent 140000 dollars and a 40000 dollar trust fund for their minor child Peggy Ann, with custody to Mrs. Kent as arranged.
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Los Angeles
Mabelle Evans Kent
Sidney R. Kent
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Firemen Lose Suits as Glencoe Banquet Ends in Blaze
In Chicago on January 27 eleven dress suits were ruined when the Glencoe fire department, attending its annual banquet, answered a alarm. A construction office dynamite near a stove ignited, causing $6,000 in building damage and incalculable loss of attire.
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Chicago
Glencoe
Utah Copper Suit Over Tunnel Clash Moves to Court
Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining files suit in federal court charging Utah Copper ordered employees to dynamite and destroy workings during a tunnel dispute. The case cites an old waste-dumping agreement and alleges Utah Copper tapped into Montana-Bingham’s drift, blocking repairs with armed force last October.
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Salt Lake Citl
Utah Copper Company
Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining Company
Montana- Bingham Company
Utah Company
Montana-Bingham
Montana- Bingham
Catholic Schools Closed in Mexico City Amid Arrests
In Mexico City police closed four Catholic schools amid a crackdown on alleged violations of laws. About 250 to 300 people were arrested, including students and teachers. The seminary De Regina and Cole gio Josefino faced closures as officers claimed seditious materials were found.
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Mexico City
de Regina
Colegio
Former Kaiser Celebrates 69th Birthday in Doorn
The former German Kaiser turns 69 as flags fly over his Doorn residence. The quiet observance follows recent royal bereavements, including Princess Hermine’s loss of her brother Prince Henry of Reuss. The former crown prince and other royals arrived last night for the birthday gathering.
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Holland
Hohenzollerns
Kaiser
Hermine
Prince Henry of
Reuss
Copper-Hope Measure Faces Stockmen Opposition
San Francisco was chosen as the 192% meets site for the American National Livestock Association meeting. L. C. Brite of Marfa Texas was reelected president with H. B. Boyce of Phoenix first vice president and William Pullman of Baker Oregon second vice president. T. W. Tomlinson of Denver was reelected secretary. A resolution opposing Copper Hill to bring stockyards under government supervision was adopted, with gratitude expressed for Senator Kendrick of Wyoming.
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EL Paso
San Francisco
American National Livestock Association
L. C. Brite
Marfa
Texas
H. B. Boyce
Phoenix
Ariz
William Pullman
Baker
Ore
T. W. Tomlinson
Denver
Ogden
Utah
Butte
Mati
Copperhill
Kidnapping Report Clears As Girl Returns Home
In Long Beach California a rumor of a 6 year old girl Garciaela de la Tena being kidnapped by a passing motorist near her home was resolved when police learned she had returned home after riding with a family friend.
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Long Beach
Calif
Garciaela de la Tena
Baron von Krupp Back in Jail Seeks Deportation
The so called Baron von Krupp, real name George Gabor of Hungary, 23, arrested at the Harvard Club in New York and held on 62500 bail for entering the country on a fraudulent passport. He was deported last July after a prior Albuquerque bad check case and a nine month term.
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New York
Baron von Krupp
Tombs
George Gabor
Hungary
Harvard
Department of Justice
Gabor
Herman Schwartzenbach
Krupp
Germany
Albuquerque
N. M
Shaw Refuses Committee Post In Shakespeare Authorship Row
London reports Lord Sydenham proposes a three member committee to examine Shakespeare authorship evidence. Bernard Shaw declines any commission saying he never claimed authorship and refuses to serve. In Louisiana, Byron Dunn was hanged for killing Deputy Sheriff Sam Duhton in 1925 at the Dunn home near Vinton. Reprieves saved Joe Genna and Morten Brassesu from DeRidder execution.
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London
Lord Sydenham
Bernard Shaw Shaw
Evening Standard
Lake Charles
Byron Dunn
Sam Duhton
Dunn
Vinton
Joe Genna
Morten Brassesu
de Ridder
Ransom Plot Fails to Deliver Miss Smith Return
A ransom note demanding 12 000 for the return of Miss Voilecs St John Smith eluded capture as a staged drop near a Springfield department store went unclaimed. Police, tipped by a New York broker's daughter link and a City of Atlanta sighting, continued to search while a psychoanalyst was brought in to assess the missing student. Continuing river drag and poor flying weather hindered the investigation on January 27.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith
New York
Springfield
Savannah Line
Atlanta
Miss Smith
James S. Smith Jr
Lydiard H. Horton
Boston
Stanley Washburn
Horton
Olive Hill
Smith College
Martha Mitchell
Connecticut
Thieves With Load of Chickens and Turkeys Apprehended
Sheriff J D Jensen arrested four men in a Bear River City and Sugar City connected thefts. Charles LeRoy Garner and son Leo Garner admitted taking 70 chickens in Wapello and Idaho Falls sections, with stolen poultry traced to a Pocatello butcher shop. D W Johnson and Larue Virgin tried selling stolen harness from Sugar City. The culprits were jailed in Bing ham County.
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Pocatello
Fort Hall
Sandino's Forces Driven From El Chipote in Nicaragua Battle
American marines reached the El Chipote summit in Nicaragua signaling the collapse of Augustino Sandino's last stronghold. Marines reported gaining a new objective as Sandino's followers scattered, with reports of Sandino wounded and rebels killed in bombardment. Marines laid siege atop the mountain and found fortifications abandoned.
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Managua
Nicaragua
el Chipote
Augustino Sandino
Archibald Young
Sandino
Chipote
Young
Bandino
Noted author Vicente Blasco Ibanez gravely ill in Mentone
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, famed Spanish writer and exile critic of the Spanish regime, lies seriously ill at his villa in Mentone France from a grave broncho pneumonia and diabetes complication. His novels Blood and Sand The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Mare Nostrum have been published in the United States and adapted to film.
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Madrid
Heraldo Today
Mentone
France
Vicente Blasco Ibanez
United States
Thanez
Spain
Alfonso
Ibanez
Valencia
Royal wedding prospect in Europe as Danish crown prince betrothed
In Stockholm during Danish week the National Tidende reports a betrothal between Danish crown prince Frederick and Swedish princess Ingrid will be announced. Frederick sails for Stockholm to attend forthcoming festivities as speculation grows. Montreal Royals manager George Stalk confirms talks with Tris Speaker about his possible move to Montreal, with Stallings acknowledging direct negotiations.
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Copenhagen
Europe
National Tidende Today
Stockholm
Sweden
Frederick
Ingrid
George Stalk
Montreal Royals
Tris Speaker
Montreal
Stallings
Boston Braves
Hindu conversion sought for Indore ruler’s bride Nancy Miller
News from Bombay says the former Indore maharajah plans a Hindu conversion for Seattle resident Nancy Ann Miller to legitimize a marriage opposed by multiple Hindu bodies. Emissaries reportedly secured a preacher, but consensus remains divided amid objections from the ruler’s wives, caste, state officials, and relatives. The couple is in Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, awaiting outcomes.
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Bombay
British India
Indore
Nancy Ann Miller
Seattle
Wash
Miss Miller
Nuwara Eliya
Ceylon
Cosgrave Ends Visit at Capital
Irish Free State President William T Cosgrave wraps up a four day stay in Washington and heads to Philadelphia to meet the mayor and tour Independence Hall before a Valley Forge stop. In Mineola Texas Ed Leache dies after a gunfire exchange with his son Don Lee a Georgia Tech student who was exonerated by the coroner in the death bed statement and inquest.
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Washington
National
William T. Cosgrave
Greenville
Tex
Ed Leache
Mineola
Texas
Leache
Don Lee
Georgia Tech
Prosecution Takes A New Tack In Hickman Case
In Los Angeles on January 27 District Attorney Asa Keyes signaled a shift in the Hickman case. The prosecution will rest its case after reading the indictment charging the kidnapping and murder of Marian Parker, with seven alienists and other witnesses to be presented in rebuttal. Judge J J Trabucco pressed for rapid proceedings as defense challenges trimmed the jury pool to about a dozen prospects and the final panel was anticipated by week’s end.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickmen
Asa Keyes
Hickman
Little Marian Parker
Huckman
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Keyes
Thompson on Close Trail Bomb Gang
CHICAGO Jan 27 AP The dynam ite device placed on City Comptroller Fitzmorris doorstep and the related blast damage to the home of Dr William H Reid have prompted Mayor Thompson to declare a direct challenge from lawless elements He vows to intensify the citys fight to break the gangs back and make the attackers pay for the double outrage.
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Chicago
Fitzmorris
Thompson
William H. Reid
Explorer Relates Life In North at 30 Below
Lieutenant Commander Donald B. MacMillan reports Field Museum Labrador expedition life. Doctor E. K. Langford races 60 miles to a dying native. guide A G Ruickert pursues polar bear hunts. another member heads 100 miles inland to study Naskepi Indians. MacMillan plans a 110 mile supply run. Temperature noted near 30 below.
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Explorer
Chicago
Icelands
Donald B. MacMillan
Field Museum
Labrador
MacMillan
E. K. Langford
A. G. Ruickert
Hopedale
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Francis Smith
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Emil Ludwig
Nancy
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